How would Hogg make a great president? Have you actually read his tweets? How many grammatical errors does he make in a typical two-sentence statement? What brilliant idea has he offered anyone regarding curbing violence? Name a single original idea he's come up with that has any merit?

Arising UK: Actually, Trump did have some original ideas, at least as far as mainstream politics goes. They are absolutely nutty and deranged ideas, but his craziness was original as far as a run for US president goes. He ran on a campaign of open racism and conspiracy theories in a way that even made someone like Michelle Bachman look like an intellectual genius in comparison. His claim that he would build a 30 foot wall and make Mexico pay for it was original --- despite being pure bullshit.

What I’ve learned about hateful words, and you’ve probably learned it too, is that once they take a recognizable physical form, spoken or written, then they’re not yours anymore.

People will do anything they want with the words once they’ve taken on recognizable physical form* (as opposed to an unrecognizable physical form). Give the words different meanings, leave out words, find a different focus, all centering around the original hateful expression. Just as the words affect the witness, they trickle down to affect second-hand processing, third-hand is alien territory in more ways than one.

It gets passed on. Like the little bit-o power-trip on the kid in the video.

Thank you for that most credible and unbiased assessment of the situation, Walker *cough cough*

Obama spent half his presidency trying to clean up GWB's Middle Eastern disasters - which you seem not to ever acknowledge that greatest of western policy mistakes since WWII - and Obama had an oppositional Congress, so he never had a clear shot at implementing an agenda. I will say that he should have been tougher with China, and Trump dealing with IP theft rather than treating it as unsolvable is long overdue.

Thank you for that most credible and unbiased assessment of the situation, Walker *cough cough*

Obama spent half his presidency trying to clean up GWB's Middle Eastern disasters - which you seem not to ever acknowledge that greatest of western policy mistakes since WWII - and Obama had an oppositional Congress, so he never had a clear shot at implementing an agenda. I will say that he should have been tougher with China, and Trump dealing with IP theft rather than treating it as unsolvable is long overdue.

Is that why he kept bombing the bejesus' out of it and decided to invade Syria?

Thank you for that most credible and unbiased assessment of the situation, Walker *cough cough*

Obama spent half his presidency trying to clean up GWB's Middle Eastern disasters - which you seem not to ever acknowledge that greatest of western policy mistakes since WWII - and Obama had an oppositional Congress, so he never had a clear shot at implementing an agenda. I will say that he should have been tougher with China, and Trump dealing with IP theft rather than treating it as unsolvable is long overdue.

Is that why he kept bombing the bejesus' out of it and decided to invade Syria?

He originally wanted to pull out but there was a fear of a slaughter of those on their side as happened after the withdrawal from Vietnam. He had the choice of bowing to pressure to intervene or bowing to pressure to stay out. Meanwhile Trump criticised him for not intervening aggressively enough.

Thank you for that most credible and unbiased assessment of the situation, Walker *cough cough*

Obama spent half his presidency trying to clean up GWB's Middle Eastern disasters - which you seem not to ever acknowledge that greatest of western policy mistakes since WWII - and Obama had an oppositional Congress, so he never had a clear shot at implementing an agenda. I will say that he should have been tougher with China, and Trump dealing with IP theft rather than treating it as unsolvable is long overdue.

Is that why he kept bombing the bejesus' out of it and decided to invade Syria?

He originally wanted to pull out but there was a fear of a slaughter of those on their side as happened after the withdrawal from Vietnam. He had the choice of bowing to pressure to intervene or bowing to pressure to stay out. Meanwhile Trump criticised him for not intervening aggressively enough.